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Hello to ALA Friends & A Few Notes

Welcome and hello to those of you who have found my blog after meeting me at ALA Midwinter this past weekend! Take a look around, leave a comment and let me know what you think.

I'm still unpacking (you should have seen my office at work today-it looked like a tornado came through!) and am back to a long to-do list (both at home and work) so I'll start up with reviews again bright and early Monday morning.

As I mentioned earlier, I'm taking an Adult Lit class this semester so I'll be reading more adult fiction this year than I have in year's past. I'm thinking of making a weekly (or bi-weekly) feature to review these titles. I'm trying to read off the Alex Awards list so I can read adult titles with teen appeal. Should I post reviews or not? I want to know what you think!

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  1. Lenore AppelhansJanuary 14, 2011 at 8:11 AM

    Yes! Please post reviews of the adult books you read too.

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  2. nicoJanuary 14, 2011 at 9:06 AM

    I'd love to see your adult reviews, I'm always looking for things to read if I take a break from YA.

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  3. JanaJanuary 14, 2011 at 10:56 AM

    Yes, post them please! There are many on the Alex list I really want to read so it will be nice to have someone help me weed them out!

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  4. AnonymousJanuary 14, 2011 at 12:12 PM

    Yes, please post reviews! I'm trying to read more Alex Awards this year too. I'm currently reading The Radleys and am very happy with my choice. I can see definite teen appeal!

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  5. YA?Why Not?January 14, 2011 at 12:25 PM

    I struggle with that too! I am a teen librarian, but do a lot of adult reference and readers advisory so I have to read adult and teen books. In the past I have not posted adult reviews on my teen blog, but maybe I should reconsider that. I would definitely appreciate review of the Alex winners.

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  6. MichelleJanuary 14, 2011 at 4:23 PM

    Absolutely post reviews!

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  7. AnonymousJanuary 15, 2011 at 7:13 AM

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  8. storyqueenJanuary 16, 2011 at 1:11 PM

    I am always interested in your opinions on books, whatever the genre.

    Shelley

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  9. Heather ZundelJanuary 16, 2011 at 8:56 PM

    I would love to see the reviews! Have you decided which ones you are going to read yet?

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  10. UnknownJanuary 17, 2011 at 2:45 PM

    Please post your reviews. I have a couple of kids at my library that think reading YA is beneath them (I really don't get it since I'm an adult and I read YA.) So I always try to have a good array of adult books that I know I can reccommend.

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